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However the good news for iPhone owners is that if the Google Voice application has been updated and is now bringing iPhone owners the same features that Android users have been enjoying for a while now.

The latest episode in the long-running Google-Apple soap opera came to a conclusion on Tuesday when Apple finally approved the official Google Voice application for the iPhone, which will let iPhone owners make calls and send text messages through a Google Voice phone number.

The long-awaited official Google Voice application has finally made its way to the App Store, just two months after the first batch of unofficial Voice apps were approved. Google has been working on getting this app approved for over a year, and after its initial rejection, decided to remake it as an HTML5 web app [...]

Sean Kovacs’ GV Mobile + app has received a ton of attention and praise lately, but if TechCrunch’s sources are correct, it’s about to meet some fierce competition. According to a “source close to Google”, an official voice application has already been approved by Apple, and is awaiting an iOS 4-ready update to be released to the public. [...]

Apple has already approved the official Google Voice App for the iPhone, according to a post over at TechCrunch:

We’ve gotten word that the official Google Voice application is on its way to the iPhone in the next few weeks. In fact, we’ve heard from a source close to Google that it’s already been approved — Google just needs to revamp the application to work with the iPhone 4 and iOS’s multitasking capabilities. If you’re a Google Voice user and you’re on an iPhone, this is great news.

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Sean Kovacs, the creator of GV Mobile +, has announced that his long-awaited Google Voice application has finally been (re)approved for purchase through the App Store. Last year, Apple went on a Google Voice rampage, and removed every last application related to the service. After a long year and a half of being home sick, GV Mobile (+) [...]

A developer who is working on a Google voice application for the iPhone says he has resubmitted his application and expects to receive a positive response from Apple shortly.

GV Mobile, the unofficial Google Voice application, may actually make it back to the App Store after all. After the GV Mobile application was pulled by Apple almost 2 years ago, along with the Official Google Voice application (which never made it past the approval process), many Google Voice users wondered if they would ever see the Google Voice functionality in an app on their iOS devices. But a recent tweet by GV Mobile application developer, Sean Kovacs, revealed that Apple has finally broken their silence about Google Voice on the App Store.

"Good news: I did get confirmation back from Apple that it will most likely get back in once I resubmit," tweeted Sean Kovacs.

This definitely is good news for the many Google Voice users who patiently await either an official or unofficial solution for dialing numbers through Google Voice. GV Mobile allows you to call contacts in your Google Voice address book or your iPhone address book through your Google Voice number, send and receive text messages through your Google Voice number, and retrieve your voicemail.

There's no word yet on when (or even if) Apple will approve the app for the App Store, but Kovas remains hopeful that the application may be back on the App Store in a week.

Apple's change of heart may be linked to the new developer guidelines that were published yesterday, but there's no word yet on if this is the case.

via Geek.com

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In January of this year, Google launched new version of the Google Voice application that Apple hasn't been able to approve .

In December of last year, Riverturn launched Black Swan, a web version of VoiceCentral, their since-banned native Google Voice application. It was the first app of any kind to bring Google Voice back to the iPhone through legitimate means after Apple removed all traces of Google Voice functionality from the App Store. Now Google is following suit, offering their own official Google Voice web app for the iPhone.